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Scorch

//skɔːtʃ// noun, verb, slang

Noun

1
A slight or surface burn. countable, uncountable
2
a discoloration caused by heat wordnet
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A discolouration caused by heat. countable, uncountable
4
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues wordnet
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Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. countable, uncountable

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Verb

1
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it transitive
2
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions wordnet
3
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy transitive
"Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires."
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make very hot and dry wordnet
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(To cause) to become scorched or singed ergative

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burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color wordnet
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To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively). intransitive
"Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair."
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destroy completely by or as if by fire wordnet
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To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
"Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire."
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become superficially burned wordnet
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To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence. transitive
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subject to harsh criticism wordnet
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To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway. colloquial, dated, intransitive

Etymology 1

From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).

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